More on tiger attack — how the settlement cash will be spread around

We’ve got more news about the $900,000 settlement between the San Francisco Zoo and the two brothers who survived the Christmas 2007 tiger attack.

For one, the settlement resolves $75,000 in liens against Kulbir and Amritpal “Paul” Dhaliwal for treatment they received after the attack at San Francisco General Hospital, sources have told us.

The brothers’ attorney, Mark Geragos, will also get a cut, typically about one-third of the settlement. The settlement will be paid by the insurance company that represents the San Francisco Zoological Society, the nonprofit group that operates the city-owned zoo.

Meanwhile, Sam Singer, whose firm won a publication relations industry award earlier this month for its handling of the tiger incident, dismissed the notion that the settlement somehow legitimized Geragos’ claims that Singer inappropriately tried to portray the brothers as disreputable.

“The settlement this week has nothing to with any of the actions we honorably took on behalf of the San Francisco Zoo,” Singer said. “We are proud to have aggressively defended the San Francisco Zoo and proud of the recognition we have received for it.”